Royals And Braves In Lead To Land Padres’ Denorfia

11:44am: The Mariners consider Denorfia a fallback option if they are unable to acquire Alex Rios, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

11:20am: The Mariners also have interest, according to a tweet from Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune.

11:15am: The Padres are very likely to move outfielder Chris Denorfia today, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post, who says that the Royals and Braves are currently the two likeliest destinations.

A pending free agent, Denorfia has scuffled to a .244/.295/.321 line this year. But the 34-year-old has a .810 career OPS against lefties, and would bring a solid glove (and plenty of experience coming off the bench) to a contender.

Let Atlanta have him! How is this an upgrade in right field for Kansas City? We replaced a catcher hitting .130 with one hitting .180… why upgrade Aoki with Denorfia? Just call up Justin Maxwell and release Raul Ibanez. Problem Solved.

Agreed. Denorfia is hitting .242/.293/.319 while Aoki is hitting .261/.327/.325. Sounds like we would be getting worse. and the Platoon split argument is horrible considering Denorfia is hitting Righties .235 and lefties .253 and Aoki is hitting righties .238 and lefties .333. Aoki is a much better platoon split with Dyson than Denorfia is ever going to be.

Freddie plays 1B, but Fredi doesn’t mismanage him. While he is a solid baserunner, I don’t prefer him over a struggling BJ. I understand that the low average is killing us, but the only way you get through struggles is by playing through them.

Schafer is awful. Everyone pretends hed automatically play better if he was starting because of his good stretch for a month last year. Hes terrible his whole career. He cut got from the Astros. He strikes out or tries to bunt in every at bat.

Jordan is terrible, there is no mismanaging him. He has a 70 wRC+ in over 1200 PA. He is a guy with speed who can’t hit. The team will be better off when he is gone because even a replacement level player will provide more value.

How has he been mismanaged? The “he doesn’t get enough playing time” bit has more than been worn out because prior to coming back to Atlanta, Schafer was an everyday player when he was on the major league roster both his first time here and in Houston. Schafer has been given more than enough chances and then some to prove he was worth a roster spot.

Agreed. Schafer should have never been picked up by Wren for a second tour of duty in Atlanta to begin with prior to last season. Denorfia is no prize, but his .244/.295/.321 line coming off the bench looks like All Star type numbers compared to Schafer’s .163/.256/.213 line, which it alone shows how much of a joke the Braves bench has been.